The incidence and economic burden of injuries in the United States

The incidence and economic burden of injuries in the United States / Eric A. Finkelstein, Phaedra S. Corso, Ted R. Miller, and associates.

Useful for public health practitioners, researchers and students, this book provides a look at the incidence and economic burden of injuries. Chapter topics include incidence by detailed categorisations, lifetime medical costs and productivity losses as a result of injuries, and a discussion of tren...

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Main Author: Finkelstein, Eric
Other Authors: Corso, Phaedra S., Miller, Ted R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Wounds and injuries > Economic aspects > United States.
Accidents > Economic aspects > United States.
Wounds and injuries > United States > Epidemiology.
Accidents > United States > Epidemiology.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Accidents > Economic aspects
Wounds and injuries > Economic aspects
Wounds and injuries > Epidemiology
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Incidence of injuries in 2000
  • Lifetime medical costs of injuries
  • Lifetime productivity losses due to injuries
  • Total lifetime costs of injuries
  • The burden of injuries: trends and implications.

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